Hair clipping machine



(No Model.)

W. H. BUSH. HAIR ULIPPING MACHINE.

No. 55 ,399. Pa tent ed Mar. 17, 1896;

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\VILLIAM H. BUSH, OF DANVILLE, ILLlNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS KLEIN, OF SAME PLACE, AND ISIDOR STERN, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-CLIPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,399, dated March 17, 1896.

A li ti filed October 18, 1895. Serial No. 566,031.,(N0 model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BUsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair- Clipping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the class of hair-clipping machines comprising a stationary comb-plate, a reciprocating cutter-plate, and an auxiliary plate that is adapted to regulate the cut to be made in the hair.

The objects of my invention are to provide improved means for automatically regulating the length of cut to be made, to provide a cutter that will operate equally either in making from short to long cuts, or vice versa, to provide an improved spring for operating the movable handle, and to generally simplify and improve the devices by which the operations of the cutter are effected.

The invention consists in the novel details of improvement and the combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved clipping-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the plane of the line so 00 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the plane of the line y 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of part of the devices for feeding the auxiliary comb plate or gage. Fig. 6 is a detail of part of the movable lever and parts it carries. Fig. 6 is a partly-sectional view thereof, showing the parts in position; and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the auxiliary comb plate or gage.

I11 the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the letterA indicates the reciprocating cutter-plate.

B is the stationary comb-plate upon which the plate A slides, and c is the stationary handle suitably secured to the plate B. The plate B carries a tubular pivot B which rethe movable handle a, whereby the latter is pivoted upon the plate B. (See Fig. 4..)

c is a shoulder or guide extending across the plate B, whiclTma e formed on the inner end of the handle 0, an it serves to guide the reciprocating plate A, the inner edge of the latter abutting against said shoulderor guide, as in- Fig. 4. The movable handle has a lip or projection a, which enters an aperture A in the reciprocating cutter A, so that as the handle A oscillates the cutter will be reciprocated.

e is the auxiliary comb plate or guide which lies beneath the comb-plate B, and it is adapted to be moved toward and from said plate to regulate the length of cut to be made in the 6 5 hair. The plate 6 is preferably toothed at its front edge, as in Fig. 7, to keep hair from being retained bet-ween said plates. The plate 6 has a post 8, which passes through the tube B and at its upper end it is provided with a worm 3 g is a pin carried by the plate 6 and passing through a guide-aperture g in the handle 0, the pin- 9 serving to keep the plate 2 in position.

Upon the post 8 is looselymounted a sleeve 2', to which is removably attached a tube f, which covers the worm on the post 3, (see Fig 4,) the parts i and f being connected by threads (1 j j are pawls pivotally carried by the sleeve '1', and at their inner ends said pawls engage the worm s on the post s. j is a spring which acts to press said pawls into engagement with the worm 5. When the pawls j j are released 8 5 from the worm 5 which may be done by pressing together the outer ends of the pawls, the plate 6 can be adjusted toward and from the plate B and then held in position to regu- I late the length of cut in the hair desired. The plate 6 can also be removed by releasing the pawlsj from the worm The sleeve 2' is held from longitudinal movement, so that as it rotates the pawls jj will cause the post .9 to move longitudinally. For 9 5 this purpose I have providedashield or housing d, which fits over the inner end of the handle 0, and is provided with a slot d which slips past the sleeve i and fits under an annular flange i on said sleeve to keep the sleeve from rising. The shield or housing d also overlies a toothed wheel t, which is carried by the sleeve t. (See Fig. 4.) By this means the sleeve iis held in position while being allowed to rotate on the post .9.

The shield or housing cl also serves as a guide for the reciprocating cutter A. For this purpose the cutter A is provided with a groove A on its upper surface extending lengthwise thereof, (see Fig. 3,) and the lower forward edge (Z of the shield d lies in said groove, as shown in Fig. 4. As the plate A reciprocates, the guideway c and the edge d guide the cutter-plate A in proper lines across the plate 13. The shield (Z is held on the plate 13 by screws :0.

To cause the plate or guide 8 to move out wardly and inwardly as the cutter is used, I provide a double-actin g pawl r, which ispivoted on the movable handle a, so that one end at a time will be in engagement with the toothed wheel t. A spring-actuated pawl 25 retards the rotation of the wheel I. (See Fig. 3.) m is a lever also pivoted on the handle a, and said lever carries two springs m m adapted to bear on opposite ends of the pawl 12 to cause the corresponding end thereof to engage the wheel 1, according to which position the lever m is turned to. With this arrangement when the lever on is turned to one position the pawl t, during the oscillations of the handle a, will cause the sleeve '0' to rotate in one direction, and thus through the pawlsj and worm will cause the plate 6 to feed outwardly to gradually increase the length of cut in the hair. If the lever m is now swung to the other position, the opposite end of the pawl 4; will cause the sleeve 2' to rotate in the opposite direction, and thus feed the plate 6 inwardly to gradually decrease the length of cut in the hair.

In order to automatically stop the feeding of the plate 8 inwardly as it comes near to the plate 13, I provide a pin n, which fits freely in a hole in the handle 0 and is adapted to be pushed upwardly by said plate into the path of a projection on on the lever, so that when said projection engages said pin the lever on will be automatically pushed back to the central position, thereby releasing the pawl '11 from the wheel 25 and causing the sleeve i to come to rest, notwithstanding any further movements of the handle a.

In order to retain the lever m in each position, the latter is provided on its under surface with a series of recesses m, in which fit a headed pin 0, that lies in an aperture m in the lever m, a spring 0' serving to keep said pin in engagement with the lever m. (See Fig. 62)

1; is a spring located between the handles a and c, said spring being made in ogee form, one end being secured to the handle 0, and the other end lies freely in a recess in the handle a.

The forward under surface of the comb plate B is rounded, as at 13", so that said plate can be tilted when desired to make a very close cut.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a stationary combplate, a reciprocating cutter-plate, and a movable handle to operate said cutter, with a guide-plate or gage having a worm-post, a sleeve having a pawl to engage said worm, a toothed wheel to rotate said sleeve, a double pawl to operate said wheel, a lever having springs to act on said pawl, a projection on said lever, and a stop to be operated by said guide-plate or gage to move in the path of said projection to move said lever, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a stationary combplate, a reciprocating cutter-plate, and a movable handle to operate the latter, with a guide-plate or gage, a worm-post carried thereby, a sleeve mounted thereon detachabl y engaging said worm, a toothed wheel carried by said sleeve, two spring-actuated pawlteeth carried by said handle, for resiliently engaging said toothed wheel, means for simultaneously throwing one of said pawl-teeth into and the other out of engagement with the toothed wheel, and stops for retaining them in resilient engagement, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a stationary combplate, a reciprocating cutter-plate, and a movable handle to operate the latter, with a guide-plate or gage, a worm-post carried thereby, a sleeve mounted thereon detachably carrying said worm, a toothed wheel carried by said sleeve, two spring-actuated pawlteeth carried by said handle, a lever carried by said handle, and resilient operative connections from the lever to the pawl-teeth, whereby the latter may be alternately brought into engagement with the toothed wheel by the vibration of the lever, substantially as described.

Signed at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, this 11th day of October, 1895.

\VILLIAM II. BUSH.

\Vitnesses:

C. W. Fonnns, J. M. SHELBY. 

